After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

The Xiao family had a very loving life these two days, and Mrs. Dong smiled every day. As for the Shi family's turmoil, it's not their business.

The twenty-third day of the first lunar month is the day when school starts in the county. Xiao Qingshan took Xie Boyuan and Shen Xiancheng to the county school early in the morning, and Shixian Lieutenant was on duty at the county government office.

Mingjun and Mingjia had agreed with Mr. Dong early in the morning to go to Zhiqulou today, and after breakfast they took Mrs. Yan and Cheng Si out with them. Xiao Qingshan deliberately left Cheng Si to protect Mingjun personally.

The arena in Shiqulou has been open since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but it is only open for one time period every day. Today is open all day, and many scholars have come to challenge it.

Mingjun and Mingjia sneaked into Shiqu Building and went directly to the third floor. They were waiting for Shi Yushu to appear. In recent days, Shopkeeper Li has found several scholars who have been in constant contact with Shi Yushu either to provoke him or in the name of asking for advice.

Shopkeeper Li also gave Xie Boyuan a list of the books he had bought and the title books he had borrowed since Shi Yushu first came to Zhiqulou.

Xie Boyuan was resurrected with full health and soon assisted Ming Jia in formulating an attack plan against Shi Yushu.

There are more and more people in front of the arena in Zhiqulou, all of whom are local scholars in Qu County. Seeing that the time was almost up, Shi Yushu stood up and walked up to one of the defenders to initiate the challenge.

When Zhiqulou announced the rules of the arena, there was no age limit, so anyone who is a scholar can participate. Of course, there won’t be any funny scenes with white hair on young children.

After all, everyone is a face-saving person, and currently they all agree that the four arenas are basically composed of scholars of four different age groups.

At present, the four arenas are the arena for scholars under Tongsheng; the arena for Tongsheng to guard the arena; the arena for scholars to guard the arena; the last arena is also the arena for scholars, but they are all scholars who have accumulated experience for many years and even participated in the provincial examination.

Basically no one will choose a ring that is much younger than themselves, but few people will cross age groups to challenge in other rings.

Shi Yushu is 13 years old but has never played a game and has no fame yet. But he walked straight to the ring where a young boy was guarding the ring, raised his hands and saluted: "The junior wants to ask the senior for advice!"

Although Shi Yushu's etiquette was very formal, it still attracted the attention of many scholars. Ming Jun was very happy to see this: "I finally took action."

Mingjia smiled with satisfaction when she saw that Shi Yushu really went directly to challenge Tongsheng. As long as Shi Yushu steps forward to challenge, the matter will be half successful.

At this moment, the child in the ring looked at the 13-year-old boy in front of him, feeling very ashamed and angry. So what about the son of the county captain's family, he will not give in.

Accountant Li has been following Ming Jun and Ming Jia, and introduced the boy in a timely manner: "This boy's surname is Liu. He is 20 years old. Because his family is poor, he has never gone to the prefecture to take the scholar examination."

Mingjia immediately caught the key point: "Good knowledge?" Accountant Li replied with a smile: "A boy born in the third year of Kaiyuan, he has accumulated many years of experience. Last year he was called as one of the second batch of copyists, and he has good calligraphy."

Mingjia understood that there was a cost for copying books this year. You can build your reputation through this competition, and in May you can go to Sichuan to take the exam as a scholar.

However, it's a pity that he can't get his wish. In Mingjia's plan, Liu Tongsheng could only lose. Mingjia looked at Accountant Li and said, "Go and make arrangements!"

Accountant Li nodded and exited the room. When he went outside, he called a boy to come over and give some instructions. The boy was stunned for a moment and quickly followed the order.

Downstairs, the Shiqu Building was already preparing a venue for a trial competition. Liu Tongsheng suddenly saw a boy standing in the crowd and making a gesture towards him.

Liu Tongsheng was stunned for a moment when he saw this gesture, although he was still unwilling to do so. But after taking a deep breath, he realized that he met so many scribes. This was his luck.

There are currently 20 scribes in Shiqulou, and they were all informed that they could participate before the arena opened. And everyone remembered a gesture. When the boy in the building made this gesture, he could choose to win or lose.

If you win, there will be no penalty from Zhiqulou and you can continue to participate in the competition. If you lose, you can exchange with Shopkeeper Li for the opportunity to study on the second floor for three months.

The scribes who can be left now are at least Tongsheng, and even several are scholars. In addition to subsidizing their household income, they also like the books on Shiqulou. They also like the title books on the second floor that are competed for by other readers.

But they were copyists on the first floor and had no chance to touch the title books on the second floor. So after shopkeeper Li said something about the meaning of this gesture, twenty of them were praying to let themselves meet it!

It's just that he lost to a son from a county captain's family, and he can exchange it for three months of studying. As long as he can get good results in the college examination in May, he is willing to give up this little face now.

As a challenger, Shi Yushu had the right to propose questions, and he proposed an essay question. Taken from a relatively rare book, Shi Yushu looked at the child in front of him confidently.

Liu Tongsheng really knew this book, because he had copied it dozens of times in Shiqulou. However, the shopkeeper said that this book will be available for pre-sale after the county school starts, but it has not yet started selling.

This is a rare essay. It doesn't seem to be a shame if you haven't seen it before. In the end, I don't feel resigned at all. Liu Tongsheng picked up the pen and started writing. The first part went smoothly, but when it came to the last sentence, he seemed a little tangled.

Everyone around looked at Liu Tongsheng's expression and began to feel a little worried. Don't really lose to this arrogant boy!

Finally, Liu Tongsheng looked at the incense burner a few times and realized that the time was almost up. Finally, he seemed to make up his mind and wrote the last few words.

Seeing Liu Tongsheng finally put down his pen, he symbolically wiped away the cold sweat that was not there at all. Ming Jia smiled and said to Accountant Li: "This Liu Tongsheng is good at acting. Please pay more attention to him in the future."

The final result came out quickly, and Liu Tongsheng made an error in his last sentence. After failing to defend the ring, the ring needs to be handed over to Shi Yushu.

Normal etiquette would have been for Shi Yushu to salute and say, "I give in!" But this arrogant young man was enjoying the joy of his victory and had no intention of giving in to his defeated general.

Looking at Shi Yushu's wanton smile, Ming Jia felt it was dazzling: "Brother, do you want to make a bet? Bet on whether he will challenge the scholar."

Mingjun leaned on the railing and withdrew his head, looked back at his sister and asked leisurely: "Have you finished the moon silver flowers this month?"

Mingjia. . . . . . My brother seems to have little trust in her now!

Downstairs, Shi Yushu had calmed down his ecstatic expression and looked at the ring next to him where a scholar was guarding the ring. In fact, Shi Yushu himself was hesitant. He did have access to more books in Zhoucheng, which was his advantage.